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Healing Herbs: Parsley – CSA Week #12
Parsley (Petroselinum crispum) is best known for its versatility in the kitchen in both the flat and curly variety but it can also be valuable for medicinal purposes. The ancient Greeks had a high opinion of Parsley, and associated it with Hercules, the mythological symbol of strength. It has been said that they fed parsley […]
Kitchen Exploration: Healthy Whole Grains – CSA Week #12
Kitchen Exploration:Healthy Whole Grains Even though for over two decades nutritional advisors have been talking about the benefits of whole grains, it’s an idea that hasn’t made it to mainstream restaurants and dinner tables. Whole grain flour, including whole wheat flour, has more nutritional value than grains that have the bran (outer layer) removed before […]
OUR COOPERATIVE Report – August 13, 2020
OUR ECOVILLAGE Cooperative Report: Well the days of COVID19 have changed OUR world yet again….. here we are mid August and had hoped that we would be ramping up for the fall and a season of school children and in person programming by now. We all know that this is not really possible and particularly […]
Kitchen Exploration: Reclaiming Your Zucchinis – CSA Week #11
Kitchen Exploration:Reclaiming Your Zucchinis! As farmers we are well aware that so many years have been spent with the fun games of ‘hide the zucchini/squash’….hanging a bag on a friend/family members front door, ringing the doorbell, and running away; or dropping a large or funny looking zucchini into the backseat of someone’s car; and even […]
Healing Herbs: Mint – CSA Week #11
Mint’s (Mentha) stimulating, refreshing and uplifting properties have been valued around the world since healing in the classical antiquity period. The genus name Mentha comes from Roman Mythology. Minthe was a lovely young nymph who caught the eye of Pluto, the ruler of the underworld. When Pluto’s wife Persephone found out about his love for […]
A Note from Freya – CSA Treats! – CSA Week #10
In this week’s lifestyle box, we have a very special treat —Freya’s Apple Pie! For today’s dessert in OUR Lifestyle Boxes, we have made Freya’s Apple Pie! Made with Transparent Apples from OUR farm and a buttery pate sucree (aka a sugary pastry). Instructions for baking Freya’s Apple Pie: Pie will be refrigerated when […]
Healing Herbs: Basil – CSA Week #10
Oh Basil (Ocimum basilcum)… one of my favourite culinary herbs! I have a weak spot for italian food so having a supply of fresh, pungent basil around is a dream. We currently have it growing as a companion plant to our tomatoes because it supposedly enhances their flavour and keeps away certain insects. Ancient lore […]
Kombucha from OUR Garden!
One of OUR interns, Angelica Fisher, is creating weekly kombucha brews and experimenting with fruit juices and medicinal herbs from OUR farm. If you would like to purchase some from us the options are either 1 litre or 480mL of kombucha in bottles that you would bring back to get refilled each CSA Thursday pickup […]
Kitchen Exploration: Catching and Storing Energy – CSA Week #9
Kitchen Exploration:Creatively Catching and Storing Energy in the Kitchen There are so many amazing foods that are coming in this week’s box that it’s hard to pick which to write about this week! We gleaned apples and plums from a friendly neighbor’s garden. We are finally harvesting more magnificent potatoes, and we pulled some beets […]
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Land acknowledgment
OUR ECOVILLAGE is situated on unceded Indigenous lands. The Coast Salish Peoples are the guardians of these lands and waters where we live, work, pray, and play. Quw’utsun (Cowichan) is a historical place of gathering and Na’tsa’ maht Shqwaluwun/”one-heart one-mind” for many Indigenous peoples.
OUR ECOVILLAGE is committed to regenerate land and all ecosystems while acknowledging and respecting Indigenous knowledge that ensures thriving for all beings; we call this Permaculture.
OUR ECOVILLAGE is dedicated to continuously educating ourselves and our communities about the history and peoples of OUR bio-region, to assist in decolonization and re-villaging as a path towards peacemaking, from local to global.